Rent Song for Marion (2012)
3.5 of 5 from 215 ratings
1h 30min
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- Synopsis:
- A heartwarming story about living life to the full, with a dazzling all-star cast. Grumpy pensioner Arthur (Terence Stamp) is reluctantly persuaded by his beloved wife Marion (Vanessa Redgrave) to join her highly unconventional local choir. When his relationship breaks down with his son James (Christopher Eccleston) it is left to colourful choir director Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton) to try and persuade Arthur that it's never too late to embrace life. He embarks on a life-affirming journey of musical self-discovery.
- Actors:
- Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, Christopher Eccleston, Vanessa Redgrave, Barry Martin, Taru Devani, Anne Reid, Elizabeth Counsell, Ram John Holder, Denise Rubens, Arthur Nightingale, Jumayn Hunter, Orla Hill, Bill Thomas, Willie Jonah, Calita Rainford, Federay Holmes, Calum Sivyer, Alan Ruscoe, Sally Ann Matthews
- Directors:
- Paul Andrew Williams
- Producers:
- Ken Marshall, Philip Moross
- Writers:
- Paul Andrew Williams
- Aka:
- Unfinished Song
- Studio:
- E1 Entertainment
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Old Age on Screen: Part 1, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Vanessa Redgrave, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/06/2013
- Run Time:
- 90 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English DTS 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with Director/Writer and Producer
- Interviews with the Cast and Crew
- Deleted Scenes
- Outtakes
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Reviews (2) of Song for Marion
What a let down - Song for Marion review by JG
Based on the talented cast, this film should have been a corker. But the direction and editing were woefully poor, and the script lazy, giving us trite, wooden performances and clunky discontinuities in plot and character development. Christopher Ecclestone did the best he could with what he was given, but his performance was stifled by the surrounding mediocrity.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
A Hidden Gem - Song for Marion review by CP Customer
If you like British Films in the style of 'Saving Grace', 'The Quartet' and many others, this is for you. It's about real and ordinary people, warts, faults and all. It is very sad at times but uplifting at others, especially when a tiny glimmer of humour pops up. It makes you think and then apply it to your own life with the losses of loved ones along the way. Overall we felt it gave hope although we are expecting to lose Parents we adore quite soon, and it can show how some estranged relationships of Parents and Children can be partly healed by loss.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.